I have the same problem with the same size rocks. Bazzilions of them. I have Popeye arms from raking windrows of them every few years. The more I rake, the more that come to the surface... I saw a nice contraption a guy made out of rebar that was nicely bent and built, for dragging behind his wheeler in his horsey arena, but the bucket got heavy fast and I can't make the turns required. So I was scheming to do what you did on my Bobcat rock grapple bucket. I was going to use a gravel sieve bolted into the rock grapple bucket and then make a consumptive rebar set of teeth like a bucket tooth bar so when it got bent or broken, you just weld another tooth into place... But alas, my mind works faster than I do... Maybe this year... Point being..., Nice work and you gave me some inspiration to get it done!! Thanks.
Farm long enough, everything is home engineered. My Dad started a side business making stock proof gate hinges and latches. Started from a heifer that learnt to lift latches and push gates off hinges.
I would say it was a moment of clarity not frustration. And just so you know I do things like this all the time the wife and I normally get a good laugh. Great video
Grandpa had about 10 grandkids and a horse and wagon. It was great fun for the first half hour for the little kids then the older kids finished the hard work.
I just gave you a virtual high-five. I stumbled across this video, looking for some way to pick up rocks. I have the same rock bucket and spent days doing the same thing. I made the mistake of showing my wife the video. She said" you're a dumb ass" and walked away. Heading to the metal shop in the morning. Thank you sir!
Try putting the same method to work on the 3 point and pulling it. A leading edge pulling dirt/rock into a screened basket and dirt dropping out. Don't use down pressure, just weight on top of the device so it will ride the contour and not dig in. You won't have to scoop dirt, stop, shake and keep finding the proper position. Just keep rolling until it's full. Btw, then the dust is behind you as well. It works...made one to pull behind an ATV. WORKED GREAT.
That will not only improve on the speed, it will also do a much better job as the smaller rocks / stones that would normally be too small for the bucket are being caught by the mesh. In the event this comment is seen might recommend installing bolt holes in the bucket than just bolt the mesh in so that you can add or remove the mesh without needing to weld or grind it every time. It might be a time saver depending upon how often you change it up.
Honestly, this is something that I really need to look into this exact set up. I do a lot of landscaping and when I get my river rock sometimes it’s so full of dirt that it’s almost like they literally just took a bucket completely out of the ground and put it in the rock pile. I have done a lot of hand, sifting just to get the dirt out of it and I need to look into this exact set up.
This type of land will always have rocks. The more you plant, the more top soil is lost and the rocks work there way to the surface. It’s never ending. Invest in the best rock picker equipment budget allows. You’ll be happier in the long run.
Actually, you’ll create topsoil and and it will stay in place if farmed properly. Topsoil erodes away from improper fertilization and cultivation. Once it’s done properly it is amazing how well it works and most importantly how much nutrient content the crop will have not to mention the taste.
Says the guy selling pickers lol.😂 , no, in all reality maybe try renting one temporarily for a section, do a quarter or half your field to see if it makes a big difference, if you don't have a larger peice of land, you're not planting any specific which would call for it, and you're not damaging equipment because of rocks then they are not much of a problem to be throwing money at for cost efficiency or increased production value.
I am talking to my local farmer about spending my free time to build rock wall on his edge of the land, just for fun. So hee started to pile his rocks on the edges for me to start, I found some ideas how to stack it, and I will start this summer.
@@thedrunkenbullranch thank you, this work is fun and necessary for myself to get some exercise. I do get some exercise at work right now, but I want something more. So it's a win win
*- A stone crusher guy, sees what you built as a "SHAKER SCREEN".* *- Instead of an electric "eccentric shaft" motor vibrating the bucket, you are doing it by jerking the hydraulics up and down.* *- I wonder, would extra hydraulic lines running such a motor allow you to dig the ground while the bucket vibrated and you could just drive the tractor untill the bucket was full and you had to dump it in a truck?*
@@thedrunkenbullranch *- I don't know if it would be worth the effort, but if you do have unused hydraulic lines to run an eccentric shaft Motor, then the concept might work.*
If you are using those rocks for something, consider a sizing screen you can dump over/through and separate the heavy gravel from the actual rocks. If you do that, you likely don't have to ever take that screen out of your rock bucket.
I now live in Spain, and this or something very similar could be my answer. I have 20 acres of rocks, but I have the time to go steady. I don't need to make a living from the land.
Set up a sizing chart and a drop location . Get the 4H, Boy Scouts, and other neighborhood kids involved. Smallest size is 1¢ each, next size 5¢ each, then 10¢ each, 25¢ each, $1 each, $2 each, etc. Pay them per rock. Kids make money, get out of the house, have fun doing it, and you get your rocks cleared out.
And if one of. those kids gets hurt, you get sued. Then the Labor Department gets involved for you paying them below the minimum wage, not providing protective equipment, paying them off the books and using 'Child Labor". Yeah, that's a great idea. What do you think, that it's still the 1950's, and the government doesn't get involved with everything.
@@dhewitt2514 genius would be buying the appropriate rock bucket/s for the type of material you're dealing with. A hydraulic landscape rake would be better for what he's trying to do..
Have you talked to a quarry operator that sells various grades of dirt and rocks to get a quote on removing rocks to a depth sufficient to plant for several years without having to worry about the rocks?
Honestly I don't remember where I got the screen. It's been floating around our place for years. It has approximately 1 inch squares and is about a 1/4 inch thick. I'm not sure of the guage. Thanks for watching.
Hello there The Drunken Bull Ranch, cool beans on the rock picker, well done and great job. I am looking at getting one of these for similar reasons, although more for the rocks themselves than field work, and I like what you did there so you can pick up smaller rocks, have you thought of trying bolts and big washers to hold your screen in? Thank you for showing us your fix.
@@thedrunkenbullranch Did you have an issue with the sections sliding? Also what is the name of the screen you used and the hole size and wire diameter if you could please. I am hoping that with the sandy conditions we have that this will work well, cross your fingers please.
I'm thinking if you didn't do the first step and getting the land to look the way it does now all that screen would have done is clog up and you would have been fighting that so you probably didn't waste too much time You probably needed to do both steps
Echoing others that learning and figuring out new things is not "dumb". You're progressing as a knowledgeable human being. Now go build a large structure to make yourself a massive rock wall for some shade.
I am a year late, but you are supposed to buy the picker, clean your field, then rent it to your neighbors or hire out your sons on your tractor with your picker to clean the neighboring fields, and then after you and yours are good to go, sell it for the same 10k you bought it for
The rock picking machine will work faster and not be so hard on your tractor's air filter system. If you can get one for $10,000, do your 10 acres, and sell it for $9000, you will be ahead. Good Luck, Rick
@@thedrunkenbullranch My land was so bony, that I had to buy a shovel dozer, strip the top two feet and run it through a screan. The rocks were up to 4' in diameter. It took 100s of hours. This was in the 1980s. Looking back, I should have bought a rock crusher and saved all of the time of moving the rocks. In CT, we are having such a wet spring that few are able to plant yet. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 I’m intrigued, you figure a rock crusher would be easier than sorting it out . Because I did hear that the fines is good plant nutrient Edit: TH-cam owafarmequipment valentini-tractor-3point-pto-leon-rock-crushers
@@FFLFFS If I had been able to get a 16" x 24" jaw crusher, it would have reduced about 2/3 of my tailings to gravel and sand. My salt and pepper granite is a poor quality stone. I would have screened it for 1" - to put back into the soil and the 3" to 1" would have been for roads/trails, and drains. The bigger flat stones are planned to be used for walls. As it is, I have about 3000 yards of 3" to 5' tailings waiting for something to happen. I hope to start building some walls this summer. I think that the fines would be good nutients too. I also have 1000 yards of horse manure available for free if I truck it. That would make the field very productive. I don't even have a truck right now. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219 I have an abandoned gravel pit within 15 minutes of my driveway. I’m planning to import a couple loads of pit run to do some stonework. I can imagine the rocks I would uncover from previous excavations. But that would have to involve planting a new lawn and there is already no topsoil just rocks and clay. I imagine that rock crusher is more than $10,000. I haven’t seen any with the price tag yet.
This isn't a bad low budget way at all to get great results. The next best thing would be a soil preparator, but of course you need to drive that backward so it's hard on your neck. For a tractor, if you just want to hide the rocks, the rotadarion would be the best: th-cam.com/video/OhRu7JJCZRM/w-d-xo.html
Should have bought the rock picker. Rocks come back after a while, yep. You could have then hired it out or did rock picking as a contract.just saying.
I just gave you a virtual high-five. I stumbled across this video, looking for some way to pick up rocks. I have the same rock bucket and spent days doing the same thing. I made the mistake of showing my wife the video. She said" you're a dumb ass" and walked away. Heading to the metal shop in the morning. Thank you sir!
Thinking and learning is not stupid, it’s the definition of intelligence. Great stuff!
I have the same problem with the same size rocks. Bazzilions of them. I have Popeye arms from raking windrows of them every few years. The more I rake, the more that come to the surface... I saw a nice contraption a guy made out of rebar that was nicely bent and built, for dragging behind his wheeler in his horsey arena, but the bucket got heavy fast and I can't make the turns required. So I was scheming to do what you did on my Bobcat rock grapple bucket. I was going to use a gravel sieve bolted into the rock grapple bucket and then make a consumptive rebar set of teeth like a bucket tooth bar so when it got bent or broken, you just weld another tooth into place... But alas, my mind works faster than I do... Maybe this year... Point being..., Nice work and you gave me some inspiration to get it done!! Thanks.
Farm long enough, everything is home engineered. My Dad started a side business making stock proof gate hinges and latches. Started from a heifer that learnt to lift latches and push gates off hinges.
Thanks I've got this problem here as I've been clearing. Thank you again for taking the time!! Keep walking with our KING!!
A rock bucket like that on an excavator pulling a dump trailer would be the ultimate IMO.
the road to success is paved with failures
I would say it was a moment of clarity not frustration. And just so you know I do things like this all the time the wife and I normally get a good laugh. Great video
Grandpa had about 10 grandkids and a horse and wagon. It was great fun for the first half hour for the little kids then the older kids finished the hard work.
I just gave you a virtual high-five. I stumbled across this video, looking for some way to pick up rocks. I have the same rock bucket and spent days doing the same thing. I made the mistake of showing my wife the video. She said" you're a dumb ass" and walked away. Heading to the metal shop in the morning. Thank you sir!
simple solution and maximum affect good job, building one also thanks
Nothing stupid about thinking as you work on a project - good on ya!
Makes me wish I could use heavy machinery on the homestead. Still sifting by hand. Great work!
That is hard work. Sifting by hand is a pain. Good luck in your endeavors.
Try putting the same method to work on the 3 point and pulling it. A leading edge pulling dirt/rock into a screened basket and dirt dropping out. Don't use down pressure, just weight on top of the device so it will ride the contour and not dig in. You won't have to scoop dirt, stop, shake and keep finding the proper position. Just keep rolling until it's full. Btw, then the dust is behind you as well. It works...made one to pull behind an ATV. WORKED GREAT.
That's great! thank you for sharing this This will be so helpful for so many people including myself!
That made quick work of those rocks. Nice sifter you got there!
That will not only improve on the speed, it will also do a much better job as the smaller rocks / stones that would normally be too small for the bucket are being caught by the mesh.
In the event this comment is seen might recommend installing bolt holes in the bucket than just bolt the mesh in so that you can add or remove the mesh without needing to weld or grind it every time. It might be a time saver depending upon how often you change it up.
Thank you for sharing this! good idea!
ive got the same bucket; but with the grapple.
good idea to fix the problem.
Honestly, this is something that I really need to look into this exact set up. I do a lot of landscaping and when I get my river rock sometimes it’s so full of dirt that it’s almost like they literally just took a bucket completely out of the ground and put it in the rock pile. I have done a lot of hand, sifting just to get the dirt out of it and I need to look into this exact set up.
The trick is to pick the right day of the week. Wayne (Letterkenny) says Sundays are for pickin rocks.
This type of land will always have rocks. The more you plant, the more top soil is lost and the rocks work there way to the surface. It’s never ending. Invest in the best rock picker equipment budget allows. You’ll be happier in the long run.
Actually, you’ll create topsoil and and it will stay in place if farmed properly.
Topsoil erodes away from improper fertilization and cultivation.
Once it’s done properly it is amazing how well it works and most importantly how much nutrient content the crop will have not to mention the taste.
Says the guy selling pickers lol.😂 , no, in all reality maybe try renting one temporarily for a section, do a quarter or half your field to see if it makes a big difference, if you don't have a larger peice of land, you're not planting any specific which would call for it, and you're not damaging equipment because of rocks then they are not much of a problem to be throwing money at for cost efficiency or increased production value.
I am talking to my local farmer about spending my free time to build rock wall on his edge of the land, just for fun. So hee started to pile his rocks on the edges for me to start, I found some ideas how to stack it, and I will start this summer.
That's hard work. Good luck.
@@thedrunkenbullranch thank you, this work is fun and necessary for myself to get some exercise. I do get some exercise at work right now, but I want something more. So it's a win win
*- A stone crusher guy, sees what you built as a "SHAKER SCREEN".*
*- Instead of an electric "eccentric shaft" motor vibrating the bucket, you are doing it by jerking the hydraulics up and down.*
*- I wonder, would extra hydraulic lines running such a motor allow you to dig the ground while the bucket vibrated and you could just drive the tractor untill the bucket was full and you had to dump it in a truck?*
That is an interesting idea. I have considered a few modifications.
@@thedrunkenbullranch *- I don't know if it would be worth the effort, but if you do have unused hydraulic lines to run an eccentric shaft Motor, then the concept might work.*
@@thedrunkenbullranch Mcmaster Carr has hydraulic industrial shakers.
If you are using those rocks for something, consider a sizing screen you can dump over/through and separate the heavy gravel from the actual rocks. If you do that, you likely don't have to ever take that screen out of your rock bucket.
I need that for rock hounding!
in times of frustration you make the best decisions
should be mentioned this works because you have super dry & fine soil that doesn't clump
You are partly correct. Yes, I waited till the ground was dry on purpose, so I wouldn't get clumps.
Just 40,000 more hours….. and this field MIGHT be done.
Lol. Right!!!
I now live in Spain, and this or something very similar could be my answer. I have 20 acres of rocks, but I have the time to go steady. I don't need to make a living from the land.
If you put along edge of field can be used as contour bank
Great job
my sympathy - we too are blessed with baby boulders =)
My sympathy to you as well. I hope you are also blessed with a way to remove them from unwanted locations.
It's a year later ... What the update? How did you like the screen on the bucket? How did it turn out?
@robertpsargent it's been working great. There are several video's that show us using it now.
Great idea and work. What about a rock crusher that turns the minerals back into the soil.?
Show where the rocks are used. Tks
Free tip; advertise in a rock hounding or gold panning site that you found a fossil/native gold in those rocks. Leave the fence open for a weekend.
YW
That a good idea 🤣.
Just ran across this and had a thought. To help pickup go easier have you thought of using a landscape rake to "windrow" the rocks?
Yes I have. We did that in a recent video.
Set up a sizing chart and a drop location . Get the 4H, Boy Scouts, and other neighborhood kids involved. Smallest size is 1¢ each, next size 5¢ each, then 10¢ each, 25¢ each, $1 each, $2 each, etc. Pay them per rock.
Kids make money, get out of the house, have fun doing it, and you get your rocks cleared out.
And if one of. those kids gets hurt, you get sued. Then the Labor Department gets involved for you paying them below the minimum wage, not providing protective equipment, paying them off the books and using 'Child Labor". Yeah, that's a great idea. What do you think, that it's still the 1950's, and the government doesn't get involved with everything.
You don't need the screen if you're trying to get bigger rocks... This will also not work for soil that's wet or clayish.
Genius
@@dhewitt2514 genius would be buying the appropriate rock bucket/s for the type of material you're dealing with. A hydraulic landscape rake would be better for what he's trying to do..
@@xephael3485 I was referring to how obvious your comment was
@@dhewitt2514 it wasn't obvious enough for the person who bought this attachment
@@xephael3485 agreed
Have you talked to a quarry operator that sells various grades of dirt and rocks to get a quote on removing rocks to a depth sufficient to plant for several years without having to worry about the rocks?
What size is the woven wire screen?
When youre farming pit run!😬 the motivation to find a mechanical solution is high i see😁
I have exactly the same looking field. It's been driving me crazy.
@steveknowlton4632 it's still driving me crazy. Around here, rocks seem to procreate.
@@thedrunkenbullranch Rocks do supposedly rise to the surface over time? Brownian motion.
Weld a frame in to screen and maybe a few tabs so you can just bolt it on and off easy
Where di you get your screen? What size and gage is it? Great idea.
Honestly I don't remember where I got the screen. It's been floating around our place for years. It has approximately 1 inch squares and is about a 1/4 inch thick. I'm not sure of the guage. Thanks for watching.
You have a rock farm! Sell for road base, landscape, drains, painting, pets, etc. Will you add a rock crusher or a stamp mill to pulverize?
I thought about it. It is a pretty expensive investment around here.
I'm guessing there is no shortage of rocks in that area, but I was thinking the same thing-those look like good rocks!
How big are the squares on your sifter? Thanks. Great set up.
The holes are approximately 1 inch squares. Thanks for watching!
maybe if you had a mini crusher attached to the back of the grid, you would not need to remove the rocks, just make them more manageable 😊
How much do you think that would cost? He's trying to be as cost effective for his 10 acre field.as possible.
Hello there The Drunken Bull Ranch, cool beans on the rock picker, well done and great job. I am looking at getting one of these for similar reasons, although more for the rocks themselves than field work, and I like what you did there so you can pick up smaller rocks, have you thought of trying bolts and big washers to hold your screen in? Thank you for showing us your fix.
I tried that. I think it could work. I had some issues and decided to weld it.
@@thedrunkenbullranch Did you have an issue with the sections sliding? Also what is the name of the screen you used and the hole size and wire diameter if you could please. I am hoping that with the sandy conditions we have that this will work well, cross your fingers please.
I'm thinking if you didn't do the first step and getting the land to look the way it does now all that screen would have done is clog up and you would have been fighting that so you probably didn't waste too much time You probably needed to do both steps
I have a tendency to want to agree with you. Every little bit helps.
Why not use a York rake?
Good idea
Why would you have to remove the screen for big rocks? The dirt is still the same size
The big rocks damage the screen.
Echoing others that learning and figuring out new things is not "dumb". You're progressing as a knowledgeable human being. Now go build a large structure to make yourself a massive rock wall for some shade.
Send in the hogs they will grade the soils for you for free and make loads off rock piles for you and you get bacon 🥓 😊
did you just disc up the field real good prior to using your rock bucket?
Yes that is exactly what I did.
how long will it take to clear an acre of rocks?
A couple of days. Depending on where you are getting rid of the rocks.
Rock & Roll buddy
You farming rocks out there?
Discriminator screen could have been bolted on
Don't worry about feeling dumb, we women like our men just like you, handsome and a little dumb so we can get our ways with them.
His ideas worked, picking up rocks and playing dumb for the ladies. :)
@@evilroyslade2491 ...he tricked us and we fell for it, we absolutely deserve it.
Y que lo mismo sirve para recoger piedras que sacos de oro que estorban en la parcela.
roll them in no?
I am a year late, but you are supposed to buy the picker, clean your field, then rent it to your neighbors or hire out your sons on your tractor with your picker to clean the neighboring fields, and then after you and yours are good to go, sell it for the same 10k you bought it for
You can rent or borrow a rock picker!
Dear GAWD! I have never seen so much stone in a field in my life! Does the rock fairy stop by your place every night?
Yes! The rock fairy and I are not friends. 😄
Now you know why families had 8 or 10 kids. To pick up rocks.
The rock picking machine will work faster and not be so hard on your tractor's air filter system. If you can get one for $10,000, do your 10 acres, and sell it for $9000, you will be ahead. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks I appreciate you watching
@@thedrunkenbullranch My land was so bony, that I had to buy a shovel dozer, strip the top two feet and run it through a screan. The rocks were up to 4' in diameter. It took 100s of hours. This was in the 1980s. Looking back, I should have bought a rock crusher and saved all of the time of moving the rocks. In CT, we are having such a wet spring that few are able to plant yet. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219
I’m intrigued, you figure a rock crusher would be easier than sorting it out . Because I did hear that the fines is good plant nutrient
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@@FFLFFS If I had been able to get a 16" x 24" jaw crusher, it would have reduced about 2/3 of my tailings to gravel and sand. My salt and pepper granite is a poor quality stone.
I would have screened it for 1" - to put back into the soil and the 3" to 1" would have been for roads/trails, and drains. The bigger flat stones are planned to be used for walls. As it is, I have about 3000 yards of 3" to 5' tailings waiting for something to happen. I hope to start building some walls this summer. I think that the fines would be good nutients too. I also have 1000 yards of horse manure available for free if I truck it. That would make the field very productive. I don't even have a truck right now. Good Luck, Rick
@@richardross7219
I have an abandoned gravel pit within 15 minutes of my driveway. I’m planning to import a couple loads of pit run to do some stonework. I can imagine the rocks I would uncover from previous excavations. But that would have to involve planting a new lawn and there is already no topsoil just rocks and clay.
I imagine that rock crusher is more than $10,000. I haven’t seen any with the price tag yet.
Works only in dry soil
@hans9550 yes you want the ground as dry as possible
yeah farm up not down. You let the roots do your down. Your land will thank you. no dig/no-til
Why wouldn't you rent a landscape rake for a week and be done with it???
I have a landscape rake. It does help a little. These utah potatoes just keep growing.
Weld in some tabs so you can make it removable
That is an excellent suggestion.
A good idea.
Some people need the exercise. They have nothing better to do except waste time. there fore picking up rocks gives them something to do.
A simpler solution is to stop growing rocks ? LOL But seriously that bucket will get a lot of rocks gone for you
This isn't a bad low budget way at all to get great results. The next best thing would be a soil preparator, but of course you need to drive that backward so it's hard on your neck. For a tractor, if you just want to hide the rocks, the rotadarion would be the best: th-cam.com/video/OhRu7JJCZRM/w-d-xo.html
As the say 2 steps back 1 forward.
Buy it for 10k, use it, sell it :)
I am starting to agree with you.
Better finish quick before it rains
Watch europa the last battle, pass it on
You feel stupid? My friend you should feel smart that you aren't still picking rocks up by hand, think of the time saved instead of the wasted time!😊
Just use a land roller and be done with it
I would, but I don't own one.
And now you’ve got a big pile of soil in that one spot.
Yep but it flattened right out with a back drag.
Should have bought the rock picker. Rocks come back after a while, yep.
You could have then hired it out or did rock picking as a contract.just saying.
You might be right.
Until next time you plow then they appear again my theory is the bloody things grow
Your not wrong!
Your land looks like a hundred year corn abuses
Yep, I agree. It's was used for digging up landscape rocks.
Buy a rock picker, use it, then sell it. Get your money back
You're not supposed to take out the really small rocks because then it messes up your drainage.
i think you need to quit farming and start a quarry! you got more rocks than dirt in that field!
Math is not your friend.
I'm from northwest Ga & this would almost be a waste of time to do there. The only successful crop that there's ever been in north Ga, is rocks.
Yep, I am starting to think it is the same here.
Bla bla bla bla... La mitad del video hablando...
I'd say it was more than half of the video. Although he is indeed "talking", I'd also say that it would be more accurate to call it "explaining".
Are you farming Mars? Jesus, guy.
Just Utah. But I can see the resemblance.
I just gave you a virtual high-five. I stumbled across this video, looking for some way to pick up rocks. I have the same rock bucket and spent days doing the same thing. I made the mistake of showing my wife the video. She said" you're a dumb ass" and walked away. Heading to the metal shop in the morning. Thank you sir!
@Scott-j8s I feel your pain buddy.